The RFDS in QLD
Primary Health Care
The RFDS provides a comprehensive range of healthcare services at a range of locations including rural towns, remote stations, mines, oil fields, national parks and island resorts. The services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams including: general practitioners; nurses; Allied Health professionals; and other health personnel including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, and health promotion and community development officers.
These primary services include:
- general practice
- child and family health
- women's health
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- mental health/social and emotional wellbeing
- health promotion/community capacity building
- allied health
- oral health.
The general practice services are delivered via regular clinics. The frequency of delivery is based on local community needs. Medical officers work closely with other health professionals both inside and outside the RFDS to ensure the best patient outcomes.
Oral Health
Thanks to a unique partnership with the QCoal Group, the RFDS delivers a mobile dental clinic to towns in regional, rural and remote Queensland.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
The RFDS is continuing to develop its mental health and wellbeing services to address the health needs of those in regional, rural and remote areas.
Health Promotion
Health promotion underpins all of the RFDS’s health services and covers health promotion and illness prevention, as well as community capacity building.
Telehealth and Medical Chest
RFDS medical officers provide a 24-hour medical consultation service via telephone and radio transmission. The service is available to people living, working or travelling in remote Queensland.
